Objectives
In this Exercise you will learn how to create the Managed Gateway in Monitor.
Before you begin:
This Exercise requires that you have:
- completed the pre-requisites required for all labs
- completed the previous exercises
Add a Managed Gateway
Login to MAS and navigate to Monitor:
Expand Setup in the left menu and select Gateways:
New in MAS 9.0
Gateways can now be created and managed in the Monitor UI.
Select Add gateway:
Define the gateway ID XX_MGT_GW_01 and the gateway Type XX_MGT_GW.
Tip
XX in the gateway ID and Type should be your initials in case other people are following this lab in the same Maximo Application Suite environment.
Make sure the gateway Configuration is Managed and click Save:
New in MAS 9.0
The Managed Gateway is a new type of gateway introduced in MAS Monitor 9.0. It is an integrated flow in Monitor, which removes/replaces the tedious and error prone manual process of defining an Edge Data Collector Integration in prior versions.
You will now see your new Managed Gateway, including a Managed tag in both the list of Gateways as well as in the gateway definition:
New in MAS 9.0
Credentials are automatically "baked into" the docker image for the Managed Gateway. This means you no longer have to write down the credentials for this type of gateway and then enter that information manually into the configuration of the Maximo Monitor End-point. This is much more streamlined and eliminate the risk of error when manually entering the credentials. It also means that the credentials will not be presented to you, as you no longer need them.
Add your new device to the Managed Gateway
In the Managed Gateway click on Add device:
Since this is a Managed Gateway the Use device library is automatically selected, as it is only possible to use devices from the Device library.
Just click on Continue 🤗
Search for Siemens in the Manufacturer list:
Then search for S7 devices in the long list of Siemens devices - select you newly added device under S7 OPC-UA Server, and click Next:
Add the OPC UA server IP Address and Port, and click Next:
Define the Device type and Device ID (using your initials instead of XX), and click Next:
Set the Data frequency to 30000 ms (30 seconds) and select the following 7 data tags to be used as metrics in Monitor. Once done click Save:
You will now see your new added device being a part of your new Managed gateway:
Congratulations you have successfully created the Managed Gateway in Monitor and added an instance of the newly added device in the Device library.